Handbook of the practice and art of photography (1875)
Vogel, Hermann Wilhelm, 1834-1898, Molling, Edward F · Philadelphia, Benerman & Wilson · leaf 331
325 ON LIGHT AND ILLUMINATION. the axis of vision would intersect the plane of the picture — would fall in a line exactly in the horizon — i. e., in the line where, on a large sheet of water, the water and the sky appear to meet. Fig. 117. Fig. 116. … This normal position, however, is maintained by photographers only in taking architectural views. When it is neglected, in such cases the vertical lines of the buildings will not appear vertical, but inclined — i. e., converging at the top when the apparatus is turned upwards, and converging at the…
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